New rules for bringing dogs into U.S. could affect thousands, Canadian truckers say

The president of nan Canadian Trucking Alliance says nan caller rules imposed by nan United States astir bringing dogs crossed nan border stay a root of disorder for members.

“We’ve surveyed our members and we estimate astir 20 per cent of nan cross-border trucking manufacture (have) dogs successful their trucks,” Stephen Laskowski told Global News.

“So that represents astir 28,000 trucks pinch dogs successful them crossing nan separator each day.”

Laskowski said motortruck drivers for illustration to person dogs successful their trucks arsenic they are companions connected agelong drives.

“Quite frankly, I deliberation they caught a batch of group disconnected guard, including governments,” he said. “And that’s portion of nan problem.”

“The rumor present is that neither Canada nor industries want to protect animals crossed North America. The rumor is nan deficiency of consciousness of nan rules, nan quickness aliases velocity of nan implementation of nan rules, and rather frankly, really nan rules are implemented and successful immoderate cases, questions astir nan existent effectiveness of nan rules owed to revaccination requirements that look to beryllium wrong nan rules.”

Starting Aug. 1, dogs entering nan U.S. must beryllium astatine slightest six months old.

For dogs that meet that requirement, nan proprietor must then fill retired paperwork for nan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention before their planned visit.

The papers, which will beryllium disposable connected nan CDC website, will beryllium that nan canine is healthy, has a valid microchip, and is vaccinated against nan rabies virus.

The documents required dangle upon wherever nan canine has been vaccinated for rabies, and what countries they person been successful during nan six months earlier travelling to nan United States.

“When a motortruck driver approaches nan border, they person to clear customs aliases nan primary, nary different than a car,” Laskowski said.

“And past if there’s a problem, nary different than successful a vehicle, you spell complete to secondary. So these are CDC requirements, and U.S. customs, Border Protection. It’s not unfamiliar for them to enforce different agency’s rules.”

However, Laskowski said it’s unclear really nan rules will beryllium enforced and if a motortruck driver is not successful compliance, will trucks beryllium turned around?

The national wellness curate said connected Wednesday that he was blindsided by caller rules imposed by nan U.S. astir bringing dogs crossed nan border.

Health Minister Mark Holland slammed nan regulations, stating they were not “thought done well.”

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Canada was “surprised and blindsided” by the U.S. announcement of caller regulations, Holland said while speaking to nan media.

“I’m rather concerned astir nan regulations that are being brought successful by nan United States, requiring, arsenic of Aug. 1, a number of caller measures for folks bringing their dogs crossed nan border,” Holland said.

“I deliberation Canada should beryllium exempt arsenic a state that is not a root state for rabies and that we should activity much intimately connected argumentation parity,” he said, adding Canada is besides waiting connected confirmation connected a grace play for this regulation.

Barbara Barrett, nan executive head of nan Frontier Duty-Free Association, told Global News that separator communities person already been disproportionately affected by a lengthy separator closure and having much “sticky points” astatine nan separator is nan past point they need.

“It’ll impact astir group coming done nan border,” she said.

“So this is simply a tremendous rumor for group coming into our stores. We’re often nan past spot that group spot arsenic they’re travelling into nan United States and they travel into our stores looking for thief erstwhile they person issues crossing nan border. So we help, pinch a unsocial position of what is happening astatine nan border, because we’re placed correct location astatine nan crossing.”

Barrett said this is going to beryllium a “huge issue” pinch group who want to recreation pinch their dogs.

“This is conscionable 1 much sticking constituent and 1 much point that’ll make crossing nan separator much difficult,” she added.

“And truly, that’s nan past point that we request for our tourism industry, for our separator communities, and for our separator organization businesses.”